Surplus Quotes

132 quotes by 114 authors

The surplus of society overrides all our traditions and shapes all our philosophies. — Walter Weyl
American voters should understand that Congress will always find a way to spend every last dollar sent to Washington. Remember, politicians get votes by promising… — Ron Paul
I lowered taxes in New York. I reduced the size of government in New York. I took a $2.4 billion deficit and turned it into… — Rudy Giuliani
He who has the base necessities of life should pay nothing; taxation on him who has a surplus may, if need be; extend to everything… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Back in those days, in the fifties and sixties, countries had balance of payment's deficits or surpluses, those were reflected much more than today in… — Robert C. Solomon
If everyone would take only according to his needs and would leave the surplus to the needy, no one would be rich, no one poor,… — Saint Basil
Our practical choice is not between a tax-cut deficit and a budgetary surplus. It is between two kinds of deficits: a chronic deficit of inertia,… — John F. Kennedy
I accumulated in those years so fine a surplus in the Book of Observance that I have been drawing confidently upon it ever since. — Winston Churchill
The directing motive, the end and aim of capitalist production, is to extract the greatest possible amount of surplus value, and consequently to exploit labor-power… — Karl Marx
When we were at peace, Democrats wanted to raise taxes. Now there's a war, so Democrats want to raise taxes. When there was a surplus,… — Ann Coulter
Canada is in budgetary deficit now only because of the recession, only because of stimulus measures, and we will come out of it. We will… — Stephen Harper
In New Mexico, I inherited the largest structural deficit in state history, and our legislature is controlled by Democrats. We don't always agree, but we… — Susana Martinez
I want to reform the tax code so that it's simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on incomes over $250,000… — Barack Obama
We had a $10 billion budget deficit when we got here in January of 2003. We cut that budget deficit; we did not raise taxes;… — Rick Perry
We must find new lands from which we can easily obtain raw materials and at the same time exploit the cheap slave labor that is… — Cecil Rhodes
Governments enjoying surpluses have a very strong temptation to splash money around, and while tax cuts are always appealing, cutting taxes at the top of… — Malcolm Turnbull
We have currently a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information. Our mass media reflect this. But unless we get up off our fat surpluses… — Edward R. Murrow
Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people. — Audre Lorde
That night Demosthenes published a scathing denunciation of the population limitation laws. People should be allowed to have as many children as they like, and… — Orson Scott Card
The question is very understandable, but no one has found a satisfactory answer to it so far. Yes, why do they make still more gigantic… — Anne Frank

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